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Are these dahlias in blossom today Johnny D ?
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And when your back stops aching,
And your hands begin to harden.
You will find yourself a partner,
In the glory of the garden.
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Yes Bramble, these are from plants I dug up and overwintered in the garage.Originally posted by bramble View Post
The others I've grown from seed this year all have buds on and 1 is just about to open up.Comment
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Well done.
Lovely early crop of flowers.
Mine are a fair bit behind yours but looking healthy all the same.
And when your back stops aching,
And your hands begin to harden.
You will find yourself a partner,
In the glory of the garden.
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This color on this one has changed this year and I'm wondering if it because it was replanted in a place that gets more sun than last year, any ideas as to why the color change might have happened?
TIA
JD
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This link has an explanation about dahlia flower variation that might help,part of it says -
“Dahlias (Dahlia variabilis) exhibit a wide range of flower colours because of accumulation of anthocyanin and other flavonoids in their ray florets.”
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“Flower colour variegation is often caused by recurrent excision of transposable elements in a pigment biosynthesis gene.”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3193017/Location : EssexComment
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They are lovely Jonny!
I’ve just one dahlia in flower at the moment - I planted loads out but I’ve had a serious slug problem.
Thelma, I bought some labyrinth this year......I’m hoping I will see a few blooms.Comment
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Sadly, because it was surrounded by other plant roots, I decided to leave the Labyrinth in over winter, although it was heavily mulched it didn't make itOriginally posted by Scarlet View Post
I will buy another for next year though! Hope you like it as much as I did
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Mine are slow this year because of the snow I think,I thought I’d lost them but then they appeared,there’s no flowers yet,here they are today & I just found a photo from last year 21st June,you can see the yellow & pink flowers amongst the bamboo sticks & the height difference-
Location : EssexComment
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I’ve lost the lovely orange one that I always have great success with, and my new ones are getting hammered by the slugs.Comment
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First one of the season for me
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Couldn't click like for that, could I? But yes, mine are as well Grr! Blue pellets of death have been sprinkled nowOriginally posted by Scarlet View Post
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A few more
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Both on the same plant
My favorite one to date
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